High quality sleep not only allows the body to rest, restores physical strength, but also allows the brain to rest and restore brain power. During sleep, the nervous system can concentrate on completing its own work, such as digestion, nutrition and conversion reserve; some functions become more active during deep sleep, such as release of growth hormone and melatonin; immune system strengthened during sleep. After sleep, people can get a rest, recovery and adjustment. Therefore, regardless of age, it takes a certain amount of sleep, so that the various organs of body can rest and adjust, and increase the number of antibodies to reduce the incidence of disease.

The study found that newborns need to sleep 16 to 18 hours a day; teenagers need 7 to 8 hours of sleep; in old age, they usually need to sleep 6 to 7 hours a day. If the above-mentioned sleep time are not met, especially in the elderly, long-term lack of sleep will hurt health damage, and people will suffer from a series of chronic diseases and cardio-cerebral emergencies.

Sea buckthorn improves sleep and postpones aging

Seabuckthorn is a good source medicine and food. Its roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds can be used as medicines. In particular, the fruits contain multivitamins that cannot be synthesized by the human body. Sea buckthorn is also rich in carotenoids, a variety of amino acids, proteins, linoleic acid, phospholipids, flavonoids, a variety of trace elements and other nutrients. There are as many as 36 kinds of flavonoids and phenols. Sea buckthorn has been studied to contain 428 active ingredients, of which sea buckthorn flavone has the most significant effect on sleep regulation.

It is important to regulate nerves of sleep. The nerves include the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. The main role of sympathetic nerves is to dominate human activities during the day, while the parasympathetic nerves are the main human activities at night, which reserve energy, rest the body, and reduce consumption for the next day’s life activities. For people suffering from sleeplessness, at night, the parasympathetic nerve is active and normal, and you can relax your body and mind and induce a good sleep mechanism. Sea buckthorn flavonoids have obvious effects on regulating nervous disorders, significantly enhancing the activity of parasympathetic nerves and inhibiting the excitation of the central nervous system.

Liu Changqing, from Xi’an Jiaotong University, studied that when the mice were intraperitoneally or administrated with sea buckthorn flavonoids, the number of spontaneous activities in mice was significantly reduced, the parasympathetic nerves were enhanced, significantly prolonged sleep in mice, especially in SWSII (slow wave sleep II), FWS (fast wave sleep) sleep prolongation, with significant central nervous system inhibitory effect.

In addition, sea buckthorn flavone also has a certain effect on sleep disorders caused by mental stress or stimulation. In the event of an emergency, a large amount of lactic acid is produced in the human body. Once lactic acid accumulates, it will stimulate the brain’s nerves, which can easily lead to fatigue and sleep disorders. Sea buckthorn flavonoid can not only effectively inhibit the formation of lactic acid, but also accelerate the oxidation of lactic acid and reduce its accumulation in the body, thereby eliminating or reducing fatigue and making people sleep easily.

Finally, various active ingredients in sea buckthorn stabilize mood and improve sleep. The unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins in sea buckthorn have anti-inflammatory and skin-beautifying effects, and improve the effect of sleep-delaying aging; linolenic acid, SOD, etc. all have powerful free radical scavengers, which can effectively pass the blood-brain barrier and protect the brain nerves from free radicals, ensure the function of the autonomic nervous system, and have a certain auxiliary effect on sleep.